Trees Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Oh crikey, they ought to have shipped the Cardiff stuff over there .... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolskiZuzel Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Oh crikey, they ought to have shipped the Cardiff stuff over there .... Â Everyone in Poland believes that they have... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Star Lady Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Oh crikey, they ought to have shipped the Cardiff stuff over there .... Everyone in Poland believes that they have... Maybe it was the wet stuff they stored on the docks! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 How did it only become apparent just as practice was due to start that the track was rubbish? Surely someone must have noticed during the week. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eglese 19 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Well, not a great day for the GP then, hopefully they can improve this  Made a preview video for the GP if anybody's interested https://youtu.be/cgBMMLvBbQQ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryW Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 How did it only become apparent just as practice was due to start that the track was rubbish? Surely someone must have noticed during the week.I think they only finished laying the track yesterday. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SCB Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 I think they only finished laying the track yesterday. But surely once they finished laying it,someone looked at it and said, "thats not right".Why wait until practice? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HenryW Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 But surely once they finished laying it,someone looked at it and said, "thats not right".Why wait until practice?It's a fair point. Apparently they just wait until riders come in and start asking questions! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Ole is great isn't he!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
screm Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 The PZM has issued the following statement: Nicki Pedersen and Tomas H. Jonasson took part in today’s practice session before the LOTTO Warsaw FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland. The other riders having inspected the race track, provided their feedback guidelines, so the race track upgrade will continue overnight. The jury session took place at 6 pm. The FIM has decided on an optional, closed test session tomorrow at 9am. The LOTTO Warsaw SGP of Poland will launch as scheduled, tomorrow at 7pm.  Taken from the Speedway GP site, lets hope they can sort things for tomorrow night. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
June01 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 The PZM has issued the following statement: Nicki Pedersen and Tomas H. Jonasson took part in today’s practice session before the LOTTO Warsaw FIM Speedway Grand Prix of Poland. The other riders having inspected the race track, provided their feedback guidelines, so the race track upgrade will continue overnight.  Hang on a minute. Isn't there some sort of "if you haven't ridden you can't comment" comment to be had here? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteveLyric2 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Don't worry - everything's fine in Speedway in Poland. Where Poland leads others follow......................or maybe, hopefully not!? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DutchGrasstrack Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Few pics from practice earlier: http://www.baansportfansite.nl/nieuws/676/speedway-gp-training-warschau-afgelast-.html 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blazeaway Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Don't worry - everything's fine in Speedway in Poland. Where Poland leads others follow......................or maybe, hopefully not!? Â Though of course this isn't exactly "Polish Speedway" is it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gemini Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Few pics from practice earlier: http://www.baansportfansite.nl/nieuws/676/speedway-gp-training-warschau-afgelast-.html  Chris looks cheesed off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SC1 Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Fantastic sitting in a hotel room in Warsaw wondering why I even bother with speedway anymore Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PolskiZuzel Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015  Maybe it was the wet stuff they stored on the docks!  No, it wasn't. The track has been built by the Danish company Speed ​​Sport, owned by former world champion Ole Olsen. Preparations began two months before the Warsaw competition . Nearly four thousand tons of a special aggregates, which is the staff speedway tracks are made of , were loaded in King's Lynn in East England on the ship. "Celtic Warrior" which after three days docked in the Polish port at Gdansk. From there it was carried by150 trucks to Warsaw. Polish fans were asking - why the track material was imported from abroad? - They were told that a company laying temporary tracks, has extensive experience in the construction of such facilities. It took them some time to develop a proper, proven blend of aggregates, and because of that the material always comes from the same place. The same was true for the GP events in Cardiff and Copenhagen, where it was used track construction aggregates from England. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grand Central Posted April 17, 2015 Report Share Posted April 17, 2015 Polish fans were asking - why the track material was imported from abroad? - They were told that a company laying temporary tracks, has extensive experience in the construction of such facilities. It took them some time to develop a proper, proven blend of aggregates, and because of that the material always comes from the same place. The same was true for the GP events in Cardiff and Copenhagen, where it was used track construction aggregates from England. Â They need not worry. Doubtless, it will have been quarried by Poles, transported to port by Poles, shipped by Poles and laid by Poles. It will be as Polish as anything sourced within a five mile radius of the Stadium. Â I cannot vouch for the polish-ness of Ole Olsen. That may be where it all goes to pot. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Humphrey Appleby Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 No, it wasn't. The track has been built by the Danish company Speed ​​Sport, owned by former world champion Ole Olsen. Preparations began two months before the Warsaw competition . Nearly four thousand tons of a special aggregates, which is the staff speedway tracks are made of , were loaded in King's Lynn in East England on the ship. "Celtic Warrior" which after three days docked in the Polish port at Gdansk. From there it was carried by150 trucks to Warsaw. Interestingly, the Celtic Warrior isn't listed as having called at King's Lynn or Gdansk in the last few weeks. It was in Cardiff yesterday, and was in the Baltic a couple of weeks ago, but went to Latvia and Denmark.  The other interesting thing is that, according to its registered capacity, it can't carry anywhere near 4000 tonnes. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trees Posted April 18, 2015 Report Share Posted April 18, 2015 That's curious then!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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